Closing the Brief Case: False-Positive Rapid Malaria Antigen Test Result in a Returned Traveler

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Aug;55(8):2560-2561. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02349-16.

Authors

Kristle L Haberichter¹, Paul C Johnson^{2

3}, Paul J Chittick^{2

3}, Peter Millward^{1

3}, Barbara Robinson-Dunn^{1

3}, Bobby L Boyanton Jr^{4

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
² Department of Infectious Disease, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
³ Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA Bobby.Boyanton@beaumont.org.

No abstract available

Keywords: BinaxNOW malaria; Plasmodium; parasitology; rapid antigen test.

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MeSH terms

Antigens, Protozoan*
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum*

Substances

Antigens, Protozoan